12.47 Thurles Thursday 27/11/25

Not quite sure where to put this one but I thought it was worth a mention.
It doesn’t warrant a write-up in the Big Races – Discussion as it’s a pretty
average Handicap at Thurles but I’ve been keeping an eye on Jouster ever since
his very eye catching run at Fairyhouse last Jan (24) where he was travelling
very well before unluckily knucking over and falling a couple out. That was a
Hurdle where he was running off 92.

He won next time out over Hurdles, 2m 4 1/2f at Fairyhouse (Feb 24) off 94.
Ran up a double with a Beginners Chase over at Tramore and a Hurdle race at
Fairyhouse off 102 in Nov & Dec24. His Chase mark was raised to 114.

He ran another 3 times for Gavin Cromwell without much success before
moving to Paul Flynn in October 25. His 3 runs for Flynn were equally
unsuccessful, the last over an inadequate 2m, but as a consequence his
Chase mark has dropped to 102, his last hurdle win mark and down 12lbs
from his Chase mark earlier this year.

Albeit his last few runs haven’t been up to much, he showed some
decent form off this mark last year and hopefully at 6 years he’s
not done yet. For what it’s worth I reckon the 28/1 5 places with
Paddy Power is worth a punt.